ROCK SPRINGS — The Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport recently received state and national recognition for its commitment to aviation.

The airport’s commercial terminal renovation was recognized as the airport project of the year during the Wyoming Airports Coalition’s conference in Jackson. Susan Lucero, the airport’s operations and business manager, received the Aviation Achievement Award as well.

The recently-completed, $43 million Commercial Terminal Modernization Project doubled the original commercial terminal’s footprint and added the airport’s first passenger boarding bridge, expanded security screening and baggage handling area, and modernized amenities. The costs were covered by a funding model that covered more than 97% of the costs with federal and state dollars. The airport

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